Alleged convenience store robber indicted

ABILENE, Texas - A man implicated in armed robberies at three Abilene convenience stores was indicted Thursday by a Taylor County grand jury.

Rory Linn Hunt, 37, of Abilene, was indicted on three counts each of robbery and aggravated robbery in connection with the May 16, May 14 and April 18 incidents.

On April 18, police were dispatched to a convenience store in the 2600 block of Buffalo Gap Road. The clerk told officers that he was held at knifepoint by a man demanding cash. About a month later, on May 14, police responded to a similar call at a gas station on east Stamford Street.

Two days after that, police responded to a robbery call at a store in the 1800 block of Grape Street, where a clerk told investigators that she was robbed of $250 cash.

Upon reviewing surveillance tape from there robberies, police identified their suspect — Hunt. When interviewed by police, Hunt reportedly confessed to the crimes and told them in detail how he robbed the clerks.

He was charged and arrested May 16. He was booked into Taylor County Jail, where he has been held since on a $65,500 bond.

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